No Huby and Hirst but everyone else named

Chris Annakin
Tinirau Arona
Joe Arundel
Matty Ashurst
Jordan Baldwinson
Mason Caton-Brown
Jordan Crowther
Anthony England
David Fifita
Liam Finn
Scott Grix
Ryan Hampshire
Justin Horo
Tom Johnstone
Ben Jones-Bishop
Max Jowitt
Danny Kirmond
Reece Lyne
Jacob Miller
Pauli Pauli
Bill Tupou
Kyle Wood

Grix
Johnstone
Tupou
Lyne
BJB
Finn
Miller
England
Wood
Baldwinson
Ashurst
Horo
Arona

Kirmond
Pauli
Hampshire
Fifita

Would be my starting 17 from that. Take out Baldwinson for Huby or Hirst if they are fit.

Team pretty much picks itself, personally would be tempted to start arundel over lynne to make better use of pace outside. Assuming hirst and huby are fit then its a bit tougher - personally based on last year hirst for baldwinson, but then gets a bit more interesting as would have kirmond and huby in before hampshire, suspect that we will use either hour or kirmond in the hadley role from last year.

Just hope its a bit warmer saturday eve than at batley last weekend, if not my watching will be in the bar

Hampshire must be filling in at 9 or coming on to allow Finn to go to acting half.
Agreed on Huby, would definitely play ahead of Baldwinson and Hirst would likely be ahead of him too and Arundel will put his wingman away all day long.

Huddersfield squad for Saturday:

Danny Brough
Paul Clough
Tyler Dickinson
Matty English
Dale Ferguson
Lee Gaskell
Ryan Hinchcliffe
Michael Lawrence
Jake Mamo
Darnell McIntosh
Aaron Murphy
Adam O’Brien
Gene Ormsby
Jordan Rankin
Oliver Roberts
Colton Roche
Jared Simpson
Dan Smith
Ukuma Ta’ai
Jordan Turner
Shannon Wakeman
Adam Walne **
Sam Wood **

**missed from original post**

Should be a decent match up.

Wonder if Danny Brough will be to drunk to be allowed on the team bus, if not he can always borrow the Hudds mini bus and drive himself to the match.

It's still a friendly so the subs don't matter.
I wouldn't actually rotate 9 until it's needed. I'd like to see how long Wood goes.
I'd start Fifita and then bring PP off the bench rather than have them on together.
Centre and wing all need rotating as it's not clear what the best option is.

Dont agree give the squad a run out no beed to extend someone in a friendly. Give them all a run blow the cobwebs off

I agree.. Over fatigued = More prone to picking up an injury.

I think we should be using this game to get a good feel for the rotation on game day, obviously with Randell out for the first 9 or 10 games we should be looking at the hooker role closely. I know Wood can play the full 80 at a push but its a demanding position, especially when it comes to defending down the middle. There are very few hookers out there that can be effective for the full 80.

It will be interesting to see the prop rotation when it comes to SL games, whether they will keep a steady punch with rotating Fifita and Pauli or go all out and try to blast teams away in 20 minute periods like Cas did last season with JSL and Moors.

So if like to see what a good rotation is by playing Wood longer so we know when he runs out of steam.
I take your point though it's going to be a long season for him if he doesn't 1st rests.

Pleased to see Crowther starting at 13

26 22 win

Real pre season game, errors galore, penalties galore!
The thing that disappointed me was three sets of six in the second half with no ending, no kick and no real idea. All to be worked on, now is the time to make mistakes. Huddersfield were better than I thought they would be , interesting work out.

It's only a friendly as they say. Thoughts:

- Last tackle plays still same as last season - scrappy and unorganised at times.
- Couple of soft tries. Seen too many middles crash over from short range.
- We have flair in attack and quality out wide.
- Hampshire looks a threat ball in hand. Like the look of him.
-Arundel must start in centre - definition of consistently good.
- Grix for his weaknesses in defence, has the class in attack.
- We have more strength in depth this year - we made a lot of changes but didn't look significantly weaker.
- Chris Annakin is still a fearless bast.

On holiday and listened to the game on Rhubarb Radio.
Couldn’t quite follow whar was happening, commentary needs to be a lot better but at least they were there. Good hit out for us but a fair bit to work on, seemed to give away penalties too much. At least we proved the bookies wrong again.